tear away
verb- To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that person's reluctance to be so removed. · I couldn't tear myself away from the movie after I had begun watching it.· Could I please tear you away from that video game for a moment?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.
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